Compare And Contrast The Articles Of Confederation And The Constitution

As seen in the earlier paper, the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation played a significant role in the development and progression of the United States of America. Although the Federalist were involved in the transformation as well, one must also have an insight as what was occurring during the time of the switch. As one knows now, both documents relate to one another, and were intended to service America and protect the people’s freedom by imposing the law. The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation, because it was not stable, it limited the power of Congress, and limited the National government.
The Articles of Confederation were not stable in the sense of regulation efficiency. Paper fifteen--The Insufficiency of

As one knows, today, the Congress is one of the most powerful branches that dictates the government. The way in which the Articles of Confederation limited the Congress was through taxing and funding. According to the editors at DigitalHistory.edu, “under the articles, states, not the Congress, had the power to tax” (digital history editors). Additionally, Congress would have to ask the states for money, borrow from foreign governments, and or sell western lands in order to receive their form of taxation money (DH.edu). As one can see from the text, the Congress was a branch below other government officials and had to be permitted to follow through with certain actions, whereas today, they have more freedom. Today, per We the People, “Congress has voluntarily delegated a great deal of its own legislative authority to the executive branch” (pg. 320). The Congress has more freedom to create programs but cannot execute and administer them. The branch must go through other departments of government (Ginsberg, et all). Yet, because the new Constitution was adopted, the Congress has more

According to The Constitution: An Enduring Document, “The result was virtual chaos, without the power to collect taxes, the federal government plunged into debt” (UCS editors). As the article mentions, this caused the formation of small armies of farmers led by Daniel Shays. They were rebelling due to the high taxation on their mortgages (UCS Louisiana Education website). This shows how “The Articles of devised a loose association among states, and set up a federal government with very limited powers” (USC Loui). In contrast, the new Constitution strived to do the opposite and revive a document with more liberty to the government. The Federalist group were making a document for the people and for the greater